From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 11 05:11:02 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B12537B401 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 05:11:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE20D43F93 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 05:11:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 193xMs-00084Y-Fl for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 13:10:54 +0100 Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h3BCArPe077844 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 13:10:54 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h3BCArnk077843 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 11 Apr 2003 13:10:53 +0100 (BST) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 13:10:53 +0100 From: Jonathon McKitrick To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030411121053.GA77709@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Spam-Score: -8.9 (--------) X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *193xMs-00084Y-Fl*vS/zgnizXSc* Subject: How to connect laptop and desktop w/NICs X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 12:11:02 -0000 Hi all, I am making a first foray into home networking. I have little (read: none) experience in this. All I have done is my firewall for my dialup on my laptop. My new desktop box just had 4.8 installed, and the laptop is 4.7. Both have NIC cards. I have a set of cables and a switch, and also a direct (crossover) network cable. What is the easiest way to Connect my laptop to my desktop for file transfers? Also, I followed basic instructions for setting up natd and a gateway on the laptop so I could dial out and have the desktop use it as a gateway, but the desktop does not seem to recognize anything beyond its NIC card. What steps should I follow to figure out where my config is wrong? thanks, jonathon NOTE: Please CC me, as I am not currently subscribed. Thanks. jm -- My other computer is your windows box.